One of his professors called his political imagery "cheap, fit for old barbershops" — a reference to the cold war years when South Korean barbershops often were decorated with crude propaganda posters with slogans like "Let's exterminate Communists!" Now, many here say that imagery, with its subverted content, addresses issues central to Korean identity.
Although a bid for Vanguard failed, he picked up a charter airline, Pace, on the cheap, fitting out two Boeing 737s with extra leg room and Hooters' distinctive bulging-eyed owl logo slapped on its tail.Each Hooters flight is staffed by "Hooters Girls", whose attire could be considered risqué only in the most isolated parts of America.
Yet the gesture, which could have seemed lazy or cheap, fits in with the basic generosity of the staging: the opera, with its first two acts reordered and shortened, is projected as a dream/nightmare of a young, contemporary Asian-American boy who, with the help of his laptop computer, is questioning his origins.
In some ways, "Talk Is Cheap" fits expectations: Fans always assumed that within the Rolling Stones, Mr. Richards was the raunch specialist, with his rhythm-guitar chords cross-cutting the beat, his leads and fills slicing nasty curlicues into a song, his tone distorted a dozen ornery ways.
Cheap, fitted sheets often barely fit around a mattress, so be sure your top sheet is good enough quality to do so.
The next generation version will be smaller, cheaper, and fit into a handset, the company says.
An array of Light's small camera modules could make it cheaper to fit high-resolution images into relatively small electronics, like smartphone and surveillance cameras.
And then there are the steps you can take on the ground, like buying products made for men when they're cheaper and fit your needs (who cares if you use men's shaving cream on your legs?), refusing to patronize businesses that blatantly discriminate in their pricing and shopping around for the best possible health insurance if you're purchasing an individual plan.
These are cheap to fit and retrofit.
Otherwise, "Mahowny," which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, lingers on Dan, whose cheap suits fit him like an oversize cocoon.
